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Breaking Barriers In Whale Rider: Overcoming Gender Roles To Unite The Whangara, Mariah R. Farbotko
Breaking Barriers In Whale Rider: Overcoming Gender Roles To Unite The Whangara, Mariah R. Farbotko
CLAMANTIS: The MALS Journal
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Converging Horror: Analyzing The Importance Of Convergence Culture On A Digital Audience Through An Examination Of The Conventions And Politics Of The Horror Genre, Kelsey M. Fox
Media and Cultural Studies Honors Projects
This thesis draws attention to the genre of horror in new media through a close examination of various digital texts, arguing that these new texts, while built on traditional horror narratives used in cinema, are also examples of Convergence Culture, a mobile, multiplatform, participatory medium that engages professionals and amateur content creators. The thesis begins with a review of scholarly work about horror as a genre, continues with a close analysis of several digital horror texts and their online communities, and ends with the argument that these new texts are good examples of how horror has accommodated Convergence culture, morphing …